Overview
- The trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork began this week with a 12‑person jury sworn and a timetable set for up to five weeks of evidence.
- The State says Barry Daly died of catastrophic head and facial injuries caused by a golf club and argues the three accused 'acted as a team' before, during and after the incident.
- At arraignment Alex Deady and one teenage defendant replied 'not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter' while the other teenager pleaded not guilty; the two youths cannot be named for legal reasons.
- Prosecutors played a compendium of village CCTV and an audio clip they say captures Mr Deady boasting about a golf‑club imprint, and Gardaí recovered broken golf‑club parts near where Daly was found; the State says the fatal strike itself was not recorded.
- Daly, a father of five who was buried after a requiem mass, leaves a bereaved family and a community shaken by the case, and the trial will now test witness accounts and whether the evidence meets the legal standard for murder or manslaughter.